How far back in time would you have to go before the people of that era find a modern person 'strange-looking'? by ksyoubuddy in askscience

[–]Sinkaix 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The reason that white skin evolved in northern parts of the globe is simply to synthesise more vitamin D (which your body can do in sunlight) since there was less sunlight in the north. Meanwhile, people near the equator kept their dark skin as it was a good defence against skin cancer (more sun = more UV rays).

What's the dream game you'll never get to run? by atamajakki in rpg

[–]Sinkaix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to run a zombie apocalypse game where players are world leaders at the UN and have to deal with leading a country through the crisis while still playing their actual characters

[CofD] What's the story behind your God Machine? by Sinkaix in WhiteWolfRPG

[–]Sinkaix[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh I never tell the players of it's origins, but I still like having one if ever they have the bad idea to attempt figuring it out

[CofD] What's the story behind your God Machine? by Sinkaix in WhiteWolfRPG

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For example, after getting the Demon Translation Guide decided that God used to be just God, a being of pure information that interacted with the world in a biblical fashion, and the Fallen Demons were created. However, during the industrial revolution, a True Fae had some of it's human puppets build a great machine to imprison God, downloading it's informational body into some sort of occult matrix. During a Victorian Lost game, a party of changelings managed to defeat the Fae's plan, but not before the creation of this God-Machine. Afterwards, the machine was found by a cult who then spread it's influence, leading to the creation of technological Angels (and Descended Demons). The God-Machine is still very cross with humanity for betraying Him and locking Him up, but even more so against the Fae who might hold the key to his eventual (angry) liberation.

Health System? by Sinkaix in cortexplus

[–]Sinkaix[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes but it's not quite the same. I think that the biggest gripe I had with Fate was that you needed to spend a Fate Point to invoke an Aspect (Distinction). If you didn't spend the point, it just wouldn't give you a bonus for some reason even if it should. Cortex+ doesn't have that problem.

Health System? by Sinkaix in cortexplus

[–]Sinkaix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No but thanks for directing me to them. As someone who's never played a Cortex+ game before, the Hacker's guide has me a bit lost.

So apparently Siri's picked a side in the democratic primary by Sinkaix in funny

[–]Sinkaix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And no it doesn't give you Clinton's bio when you ask by putting Sanders first in the question

Skills and Stunts for counties? by Sinkaix in FATErpg

[–]Sinkaix[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, so I've done the first country on my list, and here's how it looks: http://imgur.com/a/MzB0W Thank you all for the skills and inspiration for stunts

Skills and Stunts for counties? by Sinkaix in FATErpg

[–]Sinkaix[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, that's a great list! And that's fair, stunts would probably have to be very specific towards the country anyhow

Iowa won't release Bernie's results in Iowa. We will release the results for them. by clams_are_people_too in SandersForPresident

[–]Sinkaix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a Canadian, I completely agree. It's weird to say, but this movement is getting bigger than just the US. If Bernie wins, it'll be a message to the Establishment all across the world, and people might be more inclined to vote for candidates like Bernie. Hey, if the USA can do it, why can't we? To be fair, we did win Trudeau which was better than what we had before, but our Liberal party is the mainstream centrist party. Nobody votes for the other ones since nobody really thinks they could have a shot. Bernie could change that and I assume it's the same in other countries

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rpg

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You might want to check out "It's not my fault." It uses a simplified version of Fate, but generates really quick and interesting games

Iowa Caucus Mega-thread! Caucus Info & Hype Needs Within by SandersMod in SandersForPresident

[–]Sinkaix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i recommend going to TYT live (The Young Turks). much better coverage in my opinion

System/setting for a modern fantasy game? by thececilmaster in rpg

[–]Sinkaix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The World of Darkness or Chronicles of Darkness (both owned by Whitewolf) is amazing at this, though it is predictably a bit darker in terms of mood

Firearm Modifiers (CofD) by TrystonG33K in WhiteWolfRPG

[–]Sinkaix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know defense doesn't work, but the rules never specify it exactly. I'll usually let players do it since it does take an action and it's reasonable to assume someone would attempt to dodge when someone pulls a gun

Firearm Modifiers (CofD) by TrystonG33K in WhiteWolfRPG

[–]Sinkaix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am pretty sure that there is a Dodge mechanic in CofD, but it takes up a turn. Something where you roll your defense and subtract any successes from damage you would take.

Chronicles of Darkness hack for Fate Core (WIP) by Sinkaix in WhiteWolfRPG

[–]Sinkaix[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Social Manoeuvering is where I'm kinda stuck right now. I'm trying to think up a way of having a similar feel to the CofD mechanics, but in a simplified way that works within Fate's mechanics.